On Wednesday, Apple is expected to unveil the next version of the iPhone at a news conference in San Francisco. Shortly afterward, the device likely to be called the iPhone 5 will go on sale. Or will …

[Note: This is a guest post from Jim Thompson, a systems engineer for a NASA contractor, who was a regular contributor in TechBlog’s early days. You can read his previous posts here. – D.S.] At a big …

Earlier this year, Google completed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility, the handset maker division of the venerable electronics company. When the acquisition was first announced last year, there was …